Where does “hình nón” come from?

hình nón (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nón, from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn, from Proto-Vietic kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun — child.

hình nón (Vietnamese): cone

Definitions

  1. cone

Ancestry of “hình nón”, step by step

hình nón traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesenónAsian conical hat; hat; cap; helmet
2Proto-Vietick-nɔːn—
3Proto-Vietickɔːnchild
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild

via Vietnamese hình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehìnhimage; a figure or a silhouette; a photo; a...
2Chinese型—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun →Every word from Proto-Vietic kɔːn →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn →